Improvement in articles of paper wearing-appabel



G. WQDAY.

ARTICLE or PAPER WEARING APPAREL.

No. 65,730. Patented June 11, 1867.

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IMPROVEMENT IN ARTICLES OF PAPER WEARING-APPAREL.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, unonen W. DAY, of Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper forArticles of Wearing-Apparel; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view "of a piece of paper to which my said invention has been applied.

' The nature of my invention consists in em ossing or stamping the surface of paper, whether plain or enamelled, which is to be used for articles of wearing-apparel, so that it shall have ainegative imprint or imitation of a woven fabric, by using,'as' a die or stamp in the operation, the woven fabric. itself applied under pressure.

In the operation of embossing or stamping in imitation or a woven fabric, a metallic die has heretofore been used either in the form of arbll, wh-ich might be electrotyped orengraved, or a ilat surface die, which could also be, either electrotyped or engraved. But the great objection to this m'odobf stamping or embossing has been 'that the sharp edges of the engraved or electrotyped die are'soon worn off, and to renew or replace such die requires a great outlay of labor and expense. Moreover, if it is desired to change the die, or imitate difl'erent qualities of the same goods, or to imitate difi'erent-kinds of goods, it'is necessary to have as many dies or stamps as it is desired to have different imitations made, and that method of stamping paper, or embossing paper imitation of woven fabrics, is attended with great expense, labor, and delay. I

V My method of embossing or stamping'papcr in imitation of a woven fabric entirely obviates these difficulties, as can easily and quickly replace a die or new piece of fabric at very trifling-labor and expense, and withlittle or no delay.

To enable others skilledin'the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its mode of construction. s

I "I use any paper, either plain or. enamel led, which is sufliciently strong and firm to beused for articles of wearing-apparel, and'place upbn its surface afipiece of the woven fabric which I wish to ,imitate, and I then apply pressure to the woven fabric and paperthus' placed together sufiiciently to force the threads of the woven fabric into the surface of the'paper and leaveupon its surface an imprint or impression. For the purpose of producing this imprint I have employed a .pair of steel rolls placed horizontally, and one above the'other, one of said rolls being furnished with a winch for thrning it. llhe paper and woven fabric can be passed between the rolls in contact with each other, and if the rolls are forcedtogether tightly enough'the impression will be made upon the paper by the, cloth. This operation is capable'of a great variety of changes, as any'woven fabric, whose texture is'sufliciently firm and strong to make, an impression upon paper, can be imitated with ease,.and, more exactlyand naturally than can possibly be done with anymetallic die, and that, too, at very trifling expense and labor, and .With little or no delay.

All'of the difliculties attendant upon the use of engraved or electrotyped surfaces to produce an imitation of'the surface of a woven fabric upon paper, such as breakage, rapid deterioration, great expense, or renewal, are entirely overcome and removedby my invention and a better imitation -is obtained of any desired quality of. woven fabric, or of. any desired kind of fabric, than by any other known method.

. It is obviousthat my invention can be applied either to paper in the strip or sheet, or topa'per after it has been'convertedinto articles of wearing-apparel, without departing from the principle of its operation; andit can also be applied equally as well either to plain or enamell'ed paper, although I prefer to use the enamcllefil' paper, as the plain paper is, to a certain extent, spongy or porous, and does not so well retain the impression made upon its surface, as in certain moist conditions of the atmosphere the plain paper absorbs more or less moisture, which expands or swells it so that the sharpness and'distinctness are somewhat destroyed, whereasthe surface of enamelled paper .is hard and'firin, and does not so readilyabsorb moisture, but to acertain. extent resists it, and retains the impression made by the woven-fabric much longer.

Having thus described. my, invention, what I clcimas new, anddesire to secure by L'ettersPatent, is-

As an article of manufacture, paper, either plain or enamelled, embossed or imprinted by means of a woven fabric applied to its surface under pressure, either before or after its conversion into' articles of wearing-apparel,

substantially as set forth.

' "GEO. W. DAY.

Witnesses:

HENRY C. Hurcnme, Enron Drona. 

